STEADYING THE MIND: Sri Lilavati Garg asked the
Master this question: "The mind is ever running
towards material objects. How to make it steady and
render it one-pointed?"

The Master's answer was, "Through regular practice
and dispassion. Japa, meditation and Kirtan are all
helps to steady the mind and make it one-pointed.
Practise again and again. If a cow continually strays
into the field of another, what does its owner do? He
gives it some cotton seeds and other foods in his own
house. When the cow tastes these delicious things, it
is no more attracted to ordinary grass. It gives up
its wandering habit. Similarly, you should give the
mind the delicious food of meditation on the Lord's
form and repetition of His Name. If it tastes the
bliss of meditation and Japa it will have no more
attraction for sense enjoyments and will give up its
nature of wandering."

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"God is perfection, freedom, all wisdom, all peace,
all bliss, immortality and eternity. Therefore, He
alone is the real ideal of man." - Swami Sivananda

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